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F. S. HOGG.

FENDER FOR TEAM BARS.

No. 518,571. Patented Apr. 17, 1894.

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FRANKLYN S. HOGG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FENDER FoR TRAM-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,571, dated April17, 1894.

Application filed November 6, 1893- Serlal No. 490.128- (No model.)

Fender for Tram-Oars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to animprovement in fenders for tram cars, and ithas for its obect to provide a fender of exceedingly simple and durableconstruction and one which i may be concealed entirely beneath theplatform of a car.

A further object of the invention is to construct the fender "n suchmanner that the fender proper w 11 be provided with a rear guard, whichguard, when the fender proper 1s carried down toward the ground to wardoffan obstruction will be carried rearwardly, or 1n direction of thewheels of the car, and wherein when the main fender fails to act, thatis, should the main fender be elevated by an obstruction working beneathit, the guard or auxiliary fender will be brought down in operativeposition between the rails,

and thereby prevent any person or obstruction from passing beneath thewheels.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the v1ews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a car, and the improved fender appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the fender. Fig. 3 is a detailsectional view of one of the hangers of the fender; and Fig. 4 is a planview of the hanger.

In carrying out the invention, horizontal brackets 10, are located uponthe outer end portions of theforward truck B of the car, and the upperforward ends of the brackets are rounded off, as shown in Fig. 1. Thebrackets areadapted to journal the ends of a shaft 11, which shaft maybe,and preferably is, rectangular in cross section, except at itsextremities. The shaft is adapted to carry a main fender A, and anauxiliary or guard fender A. The main fender is attached to the frontportion of the shaft, and extends practically its entire length. Thebody of the fender A, is bent downward and slightly forward from theshaft, and is then curved downwardly and forwardly in direction of theground, while the top portion of the fender, designated as 12, iscarried upwardly and outwardly from the shaft, as shown in Fig. 1. Theupper portion 12 of the main fender A, is slatted, and likewise thelower portion of the main fender; but the body of the fender may be madeup of a series of bars, as shown in Fig. 2, or it may be solid, or beconstructed from a woven wire, a

net-work of cord, or the equivalents thereof.

secured to the said bottom, or to any adjacent fixed support. Thehangers are ordinarily but two in number, although more may be employedif found desirable, and the hangers are of such width as not tointerfere with any running gear, grip or brake mechanism that may bebeneath the car.

The head of the plunger 13 is provided with trunnions 16, and the saidtrunnions have movement in the slots or slide-ways 14.- of the hangers.upper position, that is, in position to maintain the fender A apredetermined distance from the ground through the medium of springs 17,which are secured to the heads of the plungers and to the hangers, asshown in Fig. 3. Therefore, when an obstruction is on the track in frontof the car, and passes beneath the platform, the obstruction uponstriking the fender A, will cause the fender to be pushed downwardbetween the railsa suificient distance to prevent the object frompassing under the fender, and the fender will The plungers are held inan liliewise act either to carry the object, or to direct 1t to one sideof the track. As the movement of the plungers 13 is limited, the

. main fenderA will never be brought to an 5 engagement with the ground.

The auxiliary fender A, is attached at its 1 1 end to the rear portionof the shaftll, and the auxiliary or guard fender is carried downward indirection ofthel ground and then :0 1n a rearwardly direction, or indirection of the wheels; and when the main fender is pressed downwardthe auxiliary fender will be elevated to a'sligh't extent, but intheevent any obgect should by anypossibili'ty get beneath the main fenderso as to raisethe same, the rearauxiliary or guard fender will becarriedforwardly and downwardly in direction of the ground, and will receive,the object which has passed beneath the main fender and preventsaidobject getting beneath the wheels or beneath theltrucktof thescar;

The fender is exceedinglysimple, itis durable and it is effectiveinoperation, while it may beapplied to any car without interfere mg withthe mechanism at the bottomthereof; furthermore, the fender beinglocated beneath the platform does notadd to the length of the car, andenables the car to be stored as i readily as though the fender were notin poi r 30 sition thereon. i p

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent- 7 a v 1. Ina tramcar or like vehicle, a fender, having pivotal connection with thevehicle, and spring controlled plungers connected to r the fender andhaving limited sliding movement in bearings on the vehicle frame, sub- 7stantia-lly as described 2. In a tram caror likevehicle, arock shaft, 40

a fender secured to the forward face of the rock shaft, extendingdownwardly and for-' Wardly therefrom, a second fender extending", from'the'opposite side of the shaft,plungers connected with the main fender,and means, substantially as shown and described, forumiting the movementof the plungers,.as and for the purpose set forth. r I b 3. In afenderfor tram and other'cars, the combination, with a fixed support,and ashaft journaled in the support, of a fender secured to the forwardfaceo'f theshaft, anauxiliary y or guard fender attached totherearfaceofi the shaft, onefenderbeing elevated when the f I other isdepressed, and a spring-controlled guide mechanism controlling themovement ofthe shaft, as and for the purpose set forth.

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Witnesses: a

J. FRED AOKER E. CLARK.

